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Christian Leaders Decide to Halt Elections’ Nomination, Suspend Talks on Orthodox Proposal

  Christian leaders meeting in Bkirki on Wednesday decided not to submit any nomination for a parliamentary elections based on the 1960’s law, announcing the suspension of discussions over the Orthodox Gathering’s proposal. "The leaders consider that the 1960’s law further strengthens injustice against Christians,” a released statement after the meeting explained. Bkirki Spokesperson Walid […]

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Bad houseguest: Colonel Khadafy’s daughter banned from Algerian safe house due to setting it on fire
 
 
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The bleached blonde 37-year-old has an arrest warrant against her after fleeing Libya when her father was deposed and then killed two years ago. Western-educated, Aisha Khadafy has been pronounced the "Claudia Schiffer of North Africa." Things haven’t been going that well for her recently. She was left widowed in the bombing raids which destroyed Khadafy’s regime, leaving her as a single mother.
Khadafy’s only biological daughter, she spoke out in support of her father throughout the civil war.
"He is my remedy against pain and my fortress against grief," she said.

Aisha also spoke up for Saddam Hussein following the Iraq War. "When you have an occupying army coming from abroad, raping your women and killing your own people, it is only legitimate that you fight them," she said at the time. In 2006 she married her cousin Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi, an army colonel with whom she had three children. Qahsi was killed during a bombing raid on one of Gaddafi’s compounds. Arriving in neighboring Algeria with other family members, she and her relatives were given a presidential residence in the south of the country. Formerly a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, it has emerged that Aisha was once so angry at her father that she kept vandalizing furniture and attacking guards. "She ended up blaming Algeria for many of her problems, and also began starting fires in the house," said a government source in Algiers. "Shelves in the library went up in flames, as she regularly attacked army personnel looking after her safety."

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The Maronites and The Khazens

  We cannot talk about the Druzes without mentioning the Jumblatt family, the same goes for the Maronites and the Khazen family. In fact, the Maronite population in Lebanon was concentrated mostly in the northern mountains of Jebbet-Becharre. At the beginning of the XVIIth century, attracted by religious tolerance and job opportunities, the Maronites started […]

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Suleiman Meets al-Rahi: Political Parties are Obligated to Agree on New Electoral Law

  President Michel Suleiman stressed on Sunday the need to hold the parliamentary elections on time, rejecting the possibility of extending the term of the current parliament. He said: “The political parties are obligated to agree on a new electoral law and they cannot escape from this duty.”   He made his remarks after a closed-door […]

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الراعي في رسالة الفصح: لبنان لا ينهض الا والجميع يعمل لابقاء “الستين” في الخفاء

  شدد الكاردينال مار بشارة بطرس الراعي على ان "لبنان لا ينهض الا بالحوار"، داعيا الجميع الى التعاون مع رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان في هذا الوقت الحرج. ودعا الراعي، في رسالة عيد الفصح من بكركي، الجميع الى ان يكون الحوار هيئة وطنية دائمة، محذراً من مغبة الدفع نحو ازمة وطنية بحثا عن التغيير الكبير. وطالب […]

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Christ is Risen

    Khazen.org wishes a Happy Easter to all Catholics and Maronites in Lebanon and the world.

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Christians slowly fade from Tripoli’s troubled landscape

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Recent clashes and bouts of violence have flared in Tripoli, fostering negative perceptions of the country’s second largest city, once a paragon of coexistence. Previous episodes of fighting, dating back to the Civil War period, have pushed the majority of Christians out of the city while many of those who remain are adamant […]

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Suleiman Sets Consultations to Name New Premier for April 5, 6

  President Michel Suleiman set April 5 and 6 as the dates of the consultations to name a new prime minister in Lebanon. The presidency said in a statement that the binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier will kick off at the Baabda Palace on Friday, April 5 and end on the next day. […]

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Lebanon’s offshore gas fields draw 52 bidders

  BEIRUT: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and the National Iranian Drilling Corporation are among the 52 international energy companies submitting applications to participate in Lebanon’s first offshore gas licensing round, the energy minister said Thursday after the prequalification deadline.   Despite the political deadlock, caretaker Minister Gebran Bassil said the Petroleum Administration would announce the names […]

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Who loses and who gains from the Cabinet’s fall?

  Following the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s Cabinet, parliamentary and political sources told The Daily Star how the change is likely to affect Lebanon’s political forces. Michel Aoun and the Change and Reform Bloc Aoun and his allies may have lost the most with Mikati’s resignation. They will not be able to […]

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